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Analytics Job Task Analysis

The Certified Analytics Professional (CAP®) designation will be based on 1) meeting the eligibility criteria, 2) verification of soft skills/provision of business value by your employer, and 3) passing the CAP® examination.

The CAP® examination is based on a delineation of common or typical tasks (T) performed and knowledge (K) applied by Analytics Professionals. In the course of analytics work, these tasks may be performed multiple times with modifications made based on data, findings and results as part of ongoing feedback loops. (For clarity and simplicity most of the feedback loops are not presented in this document. It is assumed and understood that they are a routine part of practice.)

The 36 typical tasks and 16 knowledge statements (not provided here) in the analytics JTA are organized in seven domains or large areas of responsibility, as listed in the nearby table. Also shown are domain weights, which are based on the SMEs assessments of the importance of tasks and the frequency of their performance.

(12-18%) Domain I Business Problem (Question) Framing

T-1 Obtain or receive problem statement and usability requirements
T-2 Identify stakeholders
T-3 Determine if the problem is amenable to an analytics solution
T-4 Refine the problem statement and delineate constraints
T-5 Define an initial set of business benefitsT-6 Obtain stakeholder agreement on the problem statement

(14-20%) Domain II Analytics Problem Framing

T-1 Reformulate the problem statement as an analytics problem
T-2 Develop a proposed set of drivers and relationships to outputs
T-3 State the set of assumptions related to the problem
T-4 Define key metrics of successT-5 Obtain stakeholder agreement

(7-11%) Domain VI Deployment

T-1 Perform business validation of the model
T-2 Deliver report with findings; or
T-3 Create model, usability and system requirements for production
T-4 Deliver production model/system1T-5 Support deployment

(4-8%) Domain VII Model Lifecycle Management

T-1 Document initial structure
T-2 Track model quality
T-3 Re-calibrate and maintain the model1
T-4 Support training activitiesT-5 Evaluate the business benefit of the model over time

Successful performance of the tasks listed above requires specific knowledge, which is what will be tested. At this time, the supporting knowledge statements are being used to develop items (questions) for the first exam and, as such, are not publicly available.